Styrofoam Balls
The atomic foundation of the crafty pipe cleaner creation. Can also be thrown at annoying girl in Brownies without getting in trouble. So many uses!
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These little beauties would be both effective at smashing my iPod AND decorating my driveway. They're really cheap, too. Score!
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I discovered lanyard braiding when I was a camp councilor in high school. When we took out the lanyards the kids went bezerk and trampled each other to get the colors they wanted. Lanyards are powerful kiddie crack!
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The classic blank canvas of crafting. Usually seen hanging in the hallways of schools transformed into a Thanksgiving turkey. Add some unpopped popcorn and tape 2 together for a ghetto tamborine.
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Step 1: Get a can of Pringles and eat all the chips. Step 2: Dump a handful of unpopped popcorn into can. Step 3: Replace lid and shake hard. Step 4: Drive your parents up a wall with your endless rendition of "La Cucaracha".
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Just a few strokes of a marker and some wiggle eyes turns your average pair of tube socks into a hand puppet. Or put on a pair and stuff it with Kleenex and pretend your leg is in a cast so you can have everyone sign your feet. So... Just a few strokes of a marker and some wiggle eyes turns your average pair of tube socks into a hand puppet. Or put on a pair and stuff it with Kleenex and pretend your leg is in a cast so you can have everyone sign your feet. Socks + markers = BIG fun.
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Works like a charm for Santa's beard or a bunny's tail on your construction paper drawing. And it beats wadded up Kleenex every time. I don't think I've ever used a cotton ball for anything else. Ever.
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More sculpturally suggestive than the popsicle stick, clothespins are the basic building block of Christmas ornaments like reindeers, Santas and little drummer boys with pipe cleaner appendages.
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Remember those braided strings that meant so much 'cause your best friend made it? Ahhhhhhhh, those were the days when gifting was sweet and cheap.
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With 5 (hopefully) nontoxic colors to choose from, why lick anything else? Also good for making hideous Christmas ornaments and lopsided Indian villages.
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Oh yeah! 43 cents of pure glue goodness. What a fun mess this made. And looked just like dad's deodorant too, so I thought. That mess was not as fun.
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These may keep a kid safe from cuts, but not from total frustration. Brings back bittersweet memories of my first lesson in futility and my longing to be old enough to use mom's Fiskars.
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Remember the old TV commercial where the kids watch in amazement as the plastic pieces shrink in the oven? Who cares about the actual jewelry. It's all about the oven being used for something other than making mom's dreaded meatlo... Remember the old TV commercial where the kids watch in amazement as the plastic pieces shrink in the oven? Who cares about the actual jewelry. It's all about the oven being used for something other than making mom's dreaded meatloaf - hooray!
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These are the hippie version of pipe cleaners. Stick them into styrofoam balls, connect balls with tooth picks, add googly eyes, and you have the makings of any animal, vegetable or mineral. Yellow bumps = Easter chick. White bump... These are the hippie version of pipe cleaners. Stick them into styrofoam balls, connect balls with tooth picks, add googly eyes, and you have the makings of any animal, vegetable or mineral. Yellow bumps = Easter chick. White bumps = snowman. Pink bumps = pig or bunny. Double 2 bumps to make bunny ears. Put them on a styrofoam cone for a Christmas tree. Ok, you get the idea. Now go get some of these and start bumpin'!
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It's spirograph but with actual string and pins - now that's crafty! I made my own Frankie Goes to Hollywood themed string art creation for a class project. It was awesome.
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This isn't a crafting item per se, but these bags o' pure sugar fueled my creative crafting as a kid.
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This one is way cooler than the basket o' kittens I was hooking up as a kid. Did anyone ever use these as rugs? Or did your mom hang yours on the wall in the guest bathroom like mine did?
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